Mamie Louise Hope

Mamie Louise Hope was born in 1890 in New Haven to Mary Davenport Hope and Harvey Hope. She attended classes at the Yale School of Music in the 1909-1910 academic year and from 1911 to 1913. She may have completed the School's program in music theory or its progam in music practice; both were three-year programs. Yale yearbooks list her address as 43 Foote Street. In 1914, she completed a teachers’ program at the Washington Conservatory of Music. According to an obituary in the New Haven Journal-Courier (April 16, 1986), she "directed and organized an all-woman jazz band, where she played for countless dances and fashion shows."

She had a long career as a pianist and music teacher in New Haven. She served as the organist for St. Luke’s Church, Community Baptist Church, and the Keyes-Ammons and Williams Funeral Home, and worked with a number of local choirs. She died in 1986.